Intro to Energy Markets with Focus on Oil, Gas and Power

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Gain a thorough understanding of the Oil, Natural Gas, Power & Alternative Fuels industries. Intro to Energy Markets will introduce you to these dynamic & evolving industries & expose you to all of the critical “need to know” industry components.

From a career standpoint, the energy industry is exploding with growth and opportunity. Energy companies, trading firms, and the financial community are recruiting heavily for candidates with energy industry knowledge. This course will provide you with a base understanding of the industry that can fuel advancement within your career, or launch you into a new industry.

The same industry growth that is fueling the energy job market also creates training needs within those organizations. This is the perfect course to send your new hires to get them up to speed fast on the basic concepts of energy infrastructure, distribution, and exchange markets. Whether you’re an energy consuming, marketing, or producing firm, your new talent will benefit from this powerful education.

What You Will Learn

The course describes the Power, Natural Gas and oil industries from four major functions:

Origins & destinations of Gas, Power and Oil
Exploration through distribution
Buying, selling & marketing
Transportation

Power transmission – Electron flow from the plant to the end user
Natural Gas distribution – Gathering field to the burner tip
Oil upstream and downstream – Production well to the pump
Locational marginal Power economics
FERC orders & their impact on the Natural Gas industry
The players & where they fit in the infrastructure
Peak oil and alternative fuels
Traditional buying techniques

Additionally, this course inter-twines the relationships of:

Macro & micro market fundamentals
Purchasing & selling methodology
Producing & marketing
The various market relationships that impact the everyday aspects of the business

Who Should Attend

This is the perfect course to send your new hires to get them up to speed fast on the basic concepts of energy infrastructure, distribution, and exchange markets.  Whether you’re an energy consuming, marketing, or producing firm, your new talent will benefit from this powerful day of education.